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Combat Air Museum, 7016 SE Forbes Avenue, Forbes Field, Topeka

3 exhibitions on view through 2018:

Advancements of Aviation Technology.

Aviation technology developed quickly at the beginning of the 20th century. Learn about how technology changed from the 1903 Wright Flyer, which had a maximum speed of 30 mph, to the 1918 Nieuport-Delage, which could fly 148 mph. See a replica of the Nieuport-Delage at the museum.

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Combat Air Museum

7016 SE Forbes Avenue Forbes Field, Topeka, Kansas 66619

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Combat Air Museum, 7016 SE Forbes Avenue, Forbes Field, Topeka
3 exhibitions on view through 2018:
August 1914.
Learn more about the beginning of WWI in August 1914. This display contains artifacts from [...]

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Combat Air Museum, 7016 SE Forbes Avenue, Forbes Field, Topeka

3 exhibitions on view through 2018:

August 1914.

Learn more about the beginning of WWI in August 1914. This display contains artifacts from Germany, England, France, and Belgium including a Battle of the Frontiers Map, British Engineer’s Compass, Princess Mary Christmas box, rare German Saw Back Bayonet, trench mirrors, helmets, and medals.

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Combat Air Museum, 7016 SE Forbes Avenue, Forbes Field, Topeka
3 exhibitions on view through 2018:
World War I Aerodrome. Includes a communications bunker, a Jenny 4 aircraft, and a German Taube [...]

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Combat Air Museum, 7016 SE Forbes Avenue, Forbes Field, Topeka

3 exhibitions on view through 2018:

World War I Aerodrome. Includes a communications bunker, a Jenny 4 aircraft, and a German Taube airplane. The German Taube, because of its color scheme, was virtually invisible to combatants looking up at a clear sunny sky. As a result, pilots were able to fly over the enemy, gather information and then relay that data to generals on the front line.

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Combat Air Museum

7016 SE Forbes Avenue Forbes Field, Topeka, Kansas 66619

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The Kansas Museum of History presents Captured: The Extraordinary Adventures of Colonel Hughes, a special exhibit in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of World War I.
Opening May 27, 2016
James Hughes is a [...]

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The Kansas Museum of History presents Captured: The Extraordinary Adventures of Colonel Hughes, a special exhibit in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of World War I.

Opening May 27, 2016

James Hughes is a man you won’t forget once you hear his story—one man from Topeka who witnessed two World Wars from the front lines. As a member of the Kansas National Guard in 1916 he was stationed on the Mexican Border with orders to capture Pancho Villa, a prominent Mexican Revolutionary general. In 1918 he was in Belgium, Germany, and France with motorized heavy artillery. On April 9, 1942, he was in the Philippines, captured and force to endure life in four Japanese P.O.W. camps. His incredible story is told in this exhibit through the photographs he took before, during, and after World War I and the diary he kept while a P.O.W. In this 100th anniversary of WWI, there is no greater privilege than to bring you his life of extraordinary circumstances.